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jump the gun

verb

Definitions

  1. To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.

    • Unperturbed when an overanxious opponent jumped the gun in the women's 60-yd. dash, willowy Wilma Rudolph exploded perfectly from the starting blocks.

  2. To act or begin too soon or without due caution.

    • Taking advantage of advance press releases, gabby Walter Winchell jumped the gun a full two weeks by announcing in his radio period and tabloid column that the 1933-34 prizewinner was Men in White by Sidney Kingsley.
    • The former prime minister appears to be jumping the gun, pre-empting the legal process that is just beginning to dig deeper.

  3. To trade securities based on information that is not yet public

    To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.

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